His disciplined prose, winning way with anecdote, and knack for comedy serve him well.' 'Entertaining, funny, and best of all, always honest at its core.' the family he's made and the family that made him - and how to bridge the two.' In this tenderly told story, Grogan considers. 'A hilarious and touching memoir of his childhood in suburban Detroit. Shifting artfully between the voice of a child and the perspective of an adult, John Grogan captures our hearts from start to finish.' So it is with this eloquent, tender, witty memoir. 'Every now and then a memoir is so well written that readers are able to find elements of their own life story in the chronicle of the writer's life. 'Genuinely heartrending.with deeply felt humanity and pathos.' 'As he did in Marley & Me, Grogan makes readers feel they have a seat at the family dinner table.' Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection 'Joyfully infectious, Marley & Me is a loving valentine to one dog and his unquenchable spirit. It won’t even matter if he’s not a dog lover. 'If you know someone who claims there’s not a book in the world that can make him cry, give him this one. His Marley & Me may very well be the feel-good book of the year.' 'There's a reason that tissue packets are sometimes handed out at author John Grogan's book signings. Grogan's description has a riotously authentic ring.'

' Marley & Me tenderly follows its subject from sunrise to sunset, from the ball-of-fluff stage to the heartbreaking farewell. It's a universal story of family life and a publishing sensation.' 'The reason Marley & Me has proved to be a bestseller is that it is not just a funny dog story. 'A funny, touching tribute to ninety-seven-pound Lab who was as loyal and loving as he was disobedient.' 'It would take a heart of stone to resist Marley & Me.' Unconditional love, they would learn, comes in many forms. Through it all, he remained steadfast, a model of devotion, even when his family was at its wit's end. He was there when babies arrived and when the screams of a seventeen-year-old stabbing victim pierced the night. Marley shared the couple's joy at their first pregnancy, and their heartbreak over the miscarriage. Just as he joyfully refused any limits on his behavior, his love and loyalty were boundless, too. Neither did the tranquilizers the veterinarian prescribed for him with the admonishment, 'Don't hesitate to use these.'Īnd yet Marley's heart was pure. Obedience school did no good-Marley was expelled. He crashed through screen doors, flung drool on guests, stole women's undergarments, and ate nearly everything he could get his mouth around, including couches and fine jewelry. Marley quickly grew into a barreling, ninety-seven-pound streamroller of a Labrador retriever.

Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy. John and Jenny were just beginning their life together, newlyweds with a perfect little house and not a care in the world.

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